[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) › c8.36 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.36 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.36 - **Language:** English ### [c8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.36) ⁴ Compare E.D., III, 582-3, for the opinion of the \*Masalik-ul-absar\*; also K.R., II, 142, for the observations of Ibn Batuta. The \*Masalik\* definitely speaks of the identity of the \*Kani\* and the \*Jital\*, and of 8 \*Hashtkanis\* as equal to one \*Tanka\*. Ibn Batuta mentions 8 \*Dirhems\* as equal to one ‘\*Dinar\* of Delhi’ which is a substitution of the \*Hashtkani\* and \*Tanka\* respectively. In contradistinction to the \*Tanka\* of silver or ‘the white \*Tanka\*’ (\*Tanka-i-Safid\*) the \*Jital\* was called the ‘Black \*Tanka\*’ (\*Tanka-i-Siyah\*). Vide T.A., I, 199. It may be mentioned in this connection that Firishta (text I, 199) is led to believe that the \*Tanka\* was equal to 50 \*Jitals\*. He does not, however, make a positive statement, but only confines himself to saying that people used to give 50 \*Jitals\* in exchange for a \*Tanka\* which does not indicate the standard of exchange and may have been due to local conditions of exchange. - [Previous: c8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.35) - [Next: c8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.37) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) — Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Firishta 1606, Persian - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.36) · Pramāṇa